From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: combine-and-quote-strings Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <17519caa-57df-4d43-b4ad-8f2ac989a560@default> References: <87bnitpqdg.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87twwlxqzx.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428861959 11645 80.91.229.3 (12 Apr 2015 18:05:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:05:59 +0000 (UTC) To: Emanuel Berg , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 12 20:05:40 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YhMGI-00041q-Is for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:05:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45946 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhMGH-00048B-DF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:05:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42969) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhMG0-000486-Kd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:05:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhMFw-0003Os-Gc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:05:20 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:34265) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhMFw-0003Od-9j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:05:16 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t3CI5Bqq008304 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:05:13 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3CI59ZZ030507 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:05:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3CI59Tr023701; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:05:09 GMT In-Reply-To: <87twwlxqzx.fsf@debian.uxu> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103660 Archived-At: > > The documentation of combine-and-quote-strings > > doesn't mention shell quoting at all. >=20 > Here is what the on-line help says - and I quote :)... > Here is what the Lisp manual say:... >=20 > So no, it doesn't mention shell quoting (or the > quoting of metachars as the OP puts it) but > 1) I don't think the on-line help is clear and > 2) the Lisp manual is clear (or more clear at least) > save for the last sentence: the "individual > command-line arguments"... >=20 > In particular, both should make clear... `M-x report-emacs-bug' if you think a doc improvement is in order.